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Chelsea were fortuitous to come away with a point from their 2-2 draw against West Bromwich Albion in their last Premier League fixture and will have to do much better if they want to avoid another upset on Saturday.

Jose Mourinho’s side have only won one of their last five league matches away from home this season and will be coming up against a side that shocked the Blues last winter in West Ham at Upton Park, when the home side ran out 3-1 winners. But can Sam Allardyce repeat the trick?

The Stamford Bridge faithful will hope not as they’ll be keen to see their side kick on and try to regain some of the momentum they have lost in the last few fixtures.

It’s pretty much a clean bill of health and there aren’t any excuses for Chelsea not to perform

Luckily, despite their shortcomings, the Blues are only four points off league leaders Arsenal and will fancy themselves to put away a side that has only picked up 10 points in 11 games – but if they show the same sort of apathy as they did during the trip to Newcastle and in the West Brom game then they’d deserve to lose.

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There isn’t much for Mourinho to worry about in terms of injuries as Marco van Ginkel is the only long-term casualty and after playing over 50 minutes for England against Germany on Wednesday night it’s likely that Ashley Cole has gotten over his rib injury, so it’s pretty much a clean bill of health and there aren’t any excuses for Chelsea not to perform.

I’d like to see John Obi Mikel start this one in order to add some balance to the midfield alongside Ramires, which looks to me like our most natural central midfield partnership, whilst the attack has lacked imagination at times this season and the best man to provide the magic is Juan Mata, who needs more time on the pitch in order to perform than he’s currently being afforded by Mourinho.